In a dilapidated playground, where no one came anymore, there was a child crying loudly, sitting on an old bench. 

No one could see the child cry, and not because no one was there, but because he was a wandering ghost, recently dead. He continued to cry until someone came. 

In front there was a little girl who looked curiously at the crying ghost child, she approached with her little hand to touch him, but the hand pierced her body. 

Surprisingly, she backed away, scared, a few steps, while the crying ghost child noticed her presence, equally incredulous that someone had managed to see him, stopped crying and looked the little girl straight in the eyes with a curious look and so the little girl began toloosen their guard towards him, but always attentively kept a safe distance. 

The ghost child did nothing and continued to stare at her, while she felt uncomfortable. Time passed slowly and she asked the ghost child about it. 

He replied with pitying eyes that the last thing he remembered was a rope suddenly appearing behind him to choke his neck. As he told her his story, the little girl could only touch his neck with tears flowing. 

Seeing him in this pitiful state, the little girl was saddened by what had happened to him, so she decided to keep him company every day. 

From this strange meeting, every day she went to the abandoned park and played with him, time passed and one day the ghost child told her that he had a vague memory of his family, so she decided to help him find her. 

The little girl looked for information about her family among the citizens and also from the police, but she was unable to find anything and despite this she did not give up. 

One day, while returning to the park, as usual, she saw a woman with a bouquet of flowers who placed them on the stone where the ghost child always was, so curious she asked her why she had placed a bouquet of flowers. 

The woman surprised that someone was there, turned and looked into the eyes of the little girl with a blank and emotionless expression, frightened by her gaze, she shivered, fell and backed away unconsciously. 

Seeing this, the woman with sadness and pain left the bouquet of flowers and ran away, while the little girl saw her walk away in tears and not knowing exactly what had happened, she managed to calm down as she watched the ghost child reappear in his usual place, but this time was a lotsilent, watching the woman leave. 

The little girl said goodbye to the ghost child who was thinking about the woman who had left, looking at the bouquet of flowers she had left. 

For a couple of days nothing happened, until the woman reappeared with another bouquet of flowers, this time the little girl was much calmer than the first time, so she watched her put the bouquet of flowers back on the stone where there was already another one . 

Neither of them said anything, but the ghost child suddenly shouted at the woman with many emotions she felt inside her, but not being able to hear her voice, the woman got up to leave. 

But the little girl, seeing the ghost child shouting at the woman, stopped in front of her and looked at her with eyes full of shyness and even fear. 

The woman, surprised by her sudden gesture, asked her what she intended to do with that gesture. The little girl surprised that he spoke, she replied in a stammering voice "d-don't go away"

The woman and the little girl looked at each other with incredulous expressions, the little girl also with a sort of fear and eyes devoid of light and emotion, hoping that she would speak. 

The ghost child who saw the woman who had not left was very happy, while with awkward gestures, he showed his happiness and gratitude towards the little girl. 

Looking in her direction she felt relieved and didn't realize that the woman saw this inconspicuous gesture of hers, so turning and looking in the direction, she only saw that it was the spot where she had placed the bouquet of flowers. 

This gesture attracted the attention of the child who jumped with joy as he tried to get closer to her, but as if he were tied and there was also a wall in front of him, he could not take more than 5 steps, before being pulled and pushed in the same place. 

The little girl, frightened by this sudden change, approached him as he tried to help him, but just as she took his arm, her hand pierced his body. 

As if realizing, with sadness, he could only watch as the ghost child struggled to get up while his face showed that he was in very deep pain. 

The woman was amazed at what she was doing and looked thoughtfully at the little girl who had a sad expression as she looked in front of her with concern. 

As if aware of her gaze, he turned and looked at her for a few seconds before sighing and asking her who she was and why she was leaving a bouquet of flowers on the stone. 

Feeling strangely that he could not contain his emotions, he replied without hesitation that his son had died here. 

Upon learning this truth, she was surprised since the child was happy that he remembered him, the woman starting to remember what had happened to her poor son, began to cry as she bent over the stone and hugged him with sadness and regret. 

The child who saw his mother crying in front of him tried to hug her, but not being able to have physical contact with her, he felt a feeling of squalor and could only helplessly watch his mother cry. 

The little girl was very sad and she was also affected by this scene, so she started crying. The woman stood up and she walked away, this time the little girl didn't stop her. 

They had both finally found out where the child's mother was, so they were very happy with this outcome, but this did not change the sad situation of the ghost child. 

The following day the woman brought another bouquet of flowers and put it back in its usual place, this time she took the initiative to talk to the little girl who found herself in the abandoned park every day. 

He told her that he had had a son his age and that he was a very cheerful and cheerful child, he liked this park and she always took him here after school, while she told the story of the ghost child, she couldn't help but get emotional . 

The little girl couldn't help but offer her a handkerchief as she secretly observed the ghost child who was listening to their conversation, the woman was happy that he offered her a handkerchief and accepted. 

She then continued to tell the sad past of the ghost child: that one day while talking with the other mothers, she lost sight of the ghost child, then discovering his disappearance too late, she found her son who was now lifeless, had already been killed by a serial killer who yesfound in this city. 

Devastated by the pain of discovering the corpse of her son, whose limbs were broken beyond recognition and horror, his eyes gouged out and his nose hollowed out like a skull, his skin that was once as tender as jade, now ravaged and torn so abominable, while a rope of cloth wastied tightly to her little neck which was now severed. Her mother couldn't help but faint. 

She told with deep sadness and anger what her son suffered, the girl who was only 9 years old was shocked, realizing her mistake in telling these things to a 9 year old girl, she didn't know how to de-escalate the situation. 

But surprisingly he saw that the little girl was more serene, despite being very sad about what had been the fate of the ghost child. Both were sad and so, the little girl told her that she could see the ghost of her son. 

At first he couldn't believe it, but seeing his look and also the strange behaviors he had before, he started to believe his words, so with a little hope, he tried to converse with his son who had observed their interaction . 

Seeing that his mother was trying to communicate with him, he was very happy and with a look at the little girl, he asked her to translate what she would say, she did not refuse his request. 

So mother and child could communicate while the little girl was very happy to be able to help this mother and child couple, especially since she had made friends with the ghost child. 

Their conversion had lasted several hours, until the last ray of the sun had set, then they had to interrupt because the little girl had to return home before 6pm. 

So to the chagrin of the mother and son, the mother had to leave and to thank the little girl for her kindness, she gave her a $100 tip and offered her a ride home. 

Not knowing the value of money, she accepted her money without problem and prepared to walk home with the woman, but suddenly a rope appeared in front of her as she was walking. 

Feeling her neck constricted and deprived of air, she tried to free herself while the woman, shocked and frightened, tried to attack the attacker to free her. 

But with a kick from the opposite side, she was thrown to the side, while helpless she could only watch as the little girl suffocated as her face slowly turned pale. 

He tried to fight with his hands to tear the rope from his neck, but he felt his senses begin to falter. 

The man holding the rope dropped it with a satisfied smile and began to clap joyfully as he walked around the little girl and under the gaze of the woman and the ghost child who were angry, especially the woman. 

Noticing the woman's hateful gaze, the man looked her up and down for a few seconds, then licked his lips as he approached the woman with another rope he took from his black leather jacket. 

Seeing that he was approaching her, she felt immense fear and hatred towards the man and while she looked at the unconscious girl with rope marks on her neck, she tried to approach and grab her to escape, but just one step away, suddenly a kick hit her knee hard. 

With a gruesome sound, the leg bone broke as the woman couldn't hold back her screams of pain and hearing her scream, the man started laughing as another kick broke her other leg. 

The woman could do nothing and as she screamed she saw that the man's legs were armed with iron plates. After another horrifying sound of bones breaking, the woman screamed and then fainted from too much pain. 

The ghost child screamed in rage as he saw his new friend being strangled, while his mother was being tortured by kicking him, he tried to run towards the man to fight, but unable to get out of an area of ​​5 feet from the stone, he could only see that the The man took the little girl and took her away. 

With a fury he had never felt before, he screamed so loudly that ripples began to be seen throughout the surrounding space, tearing everything apart, with a sound like breaking glass, the ghost child saw that space and the strange force that imprisoned him they had been destroyed, it washappily satisfied with his result. 

The man who heard the noise, turned and saw a little boy who gave him a tremendous sense of awe and fear, he felt his whole back sweating while his mind was in panic, he couldn't help but run away in terror. 

But not even a step away, the ghost child appeared before him with glowing red eyes staring intently at him as a gaseous substance leaked out of its tiny body. 

Extremely terrified, he dropped the body of the girl and the woman, then with all his strength he ran away from the park with an expression full of panic and terror. 

The ghost child wanted to go and chase the man, so he left the park while the girl and the woman were lying there. 

The man who was running thought he was now safe, but suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind him, scared he didn't dare turn around, instead he increased his speed, but he wasn't so lucky. 

He could see that suddenly his whole view of the world had literally been turned upside down and he saw his body that was suddenly still as he saw that the upper part of his body was missing his head. 

As he looked at his headless body in shock, he saw a hand appear from behind grab his hair and turn his head to then show the face of the ghost child who had red eyes. 

He finally understood what had happened, but by then he could no longer think of anything, so he died in shock and with a terror he had never felt before. 

The ghost child looked into the face of the man who had killed him and gravely injured his mother and her new friend. In the grip of hatred he suddenly opened his mouth and it grew larger. 

With a crunchy crack, he hatefully ate the man's head as the decapitated body fell to the ground, after chewing a few bites, he swallowed without issue. 

Finally the man who had killed him was dead, he didn't know what to feel, totally giving up on the corpse of the remaining man, he lost interest and so walked away from the place leaving a headless corpse. 

Returning to the abandoned park, the ghost child took care of his mother and her friend, managing to create an illusory barrier and thus making the abandoned playground disappear from the planet. 

Here he was finally able to be with his mother who he missed, he also had a friend who loved him and the man who had killed him died tragically. All the wishes of his life were fulfilled, thus the dawn of the new day arrived. 

The woman woke up as if she had had a nightmare, she first looked at her legs, which were fine, apart from a few blood stains. 

Worried about the little girl, she turned and looked around until she saw her leaning on a bench next to her. 

She was also fine and the rope mark was slowly disappearing. The woman was very surprised and also perplexed by what had happened, but she didn't have time to think, she saw a child standing next to her and who greeted her with a smile. 

Seeing him, the woman began to cry as she ran towards the child, to hug him with all her strength for fear that he might disappear and lose sight of him again. 

But suddenly, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth she was walking on had disappeared, she fell, losing her balance without managing to touch even a tuft of his hair, looking shocked at the son she dreamed of and who was also the regret of her life. , he did not know what to do. 

A thousand emotions attacked her mind and heart, but only one was stronger than the others, this emotion was the maternal love that she felt and thought she had lost when she found the body of her beloved son, unable to control herself, she cried while searching in vain to embrace him. 

The ghost child suffered a lot when he saw his tearful mother trying to hug him without success, but with a forced smile he said: "Goodbye mom, I finally fulfilled my wish and also my remorse, I wanted to be able to spend time with you once again." last time". 

Hearing that he could communicate and what his son said, his tears did not stop falling as he began to sob loudly, even though he was happy to be able to see his son and talk to him, but he knew that it might be the last time he could see him. 

The pain of his loss was immense, but not being able to do anything about this situation, he said: "if there is a next life after death, I hope you are still my son", with a trembling but strong voice, it moved his son who was vanishing into particles of white light disappearing into theempty. 

Leaving a smile, he said goodbye to his mother and looked gratefully at the little girl who was still unconscious, so satisfied that she left this world and finally the ghost child let go of the remorse he had left after his death. 

END The Remorse of the Ghost Child